Day: February 22, 2014

First Food for MIllie

February 22, 2014 admin No Comments

Millie has been watching us eat for months. She follows the food and shows so much interest that I finally gave in and gave her some rice cereal. She enjoyed it but was pretty messy. And then she was up ALL night trying to figure out how to digest it. She couldn’t sleep and wanted to nurse the entire night. I ended up with a headache and lack of sleep. She finally went to the bathroom at 7am and has been back to her normal self. I usually wait until 9 months or more to start solids so… I think I’ll go back to waiting.

Categories: Millie

Show and Tell

February 22, 2014 admin No Comments

Cali was also Star Student this week. She gets to bring a snack to share and a show and tell. She really wanted to bring baby Millie to show her class so I finally gave in and we did it. SHE LOVED IT.

Categories: Cali, Millie

Egg Drop

February 22, 2014 admin No Comments

Benji came home from school and said they were learning about gravity and he was supposed to make something to protect an egg and bring it to school the next day. I said “show me the paper from your teacher” but there wasn’t one. So I assume it was a voluntary assignment but Benji really wanted to do it so at 6pm that night his friend Seth came over and they designed a toilet paper roll in a tissue box and decorated the box and made a parachute. I did nothing. They tested it a few times here at the house and it did pretty well. He said at school it made it to the 3rd round but the winners made it to the 5th round. Seth lives a couple streets over, he’s in Benji’s class and they have become good friends this year.

Categories: Benji

Millie plays with toys!

February 22, 2014 admin No Comments

Millie plays with toys now! – I am pretty slow at offering toys and rattles and stuffed animals and… we have a bin of baby toys that have barely been used so I got them out and we are letting Millie play. She is still pretty limited but she has a good grasp and loves to put everything in her mouth.

Categories: Millie

Star Student

February 22, 2014 admin No Comments

Packer was Star Student this week and he LOVED it. Being Mr. Project he had so much fun making his poster and getting the “special” things ready each day. It was great for me because he did it all himself 🙂
Monday was bring a poster, Tuesday your fav. book, Wednesday was show and tell, Thursday a letter from your parents, Friday wear a crown and be the class helper.

The Letter that I wrote to him:

February 20, 2014
Dear Packer,

You are an AWESOME kid! We are so happy that you are our son. Some of our favorite things about you are:

1. You are kind to everyone.
2. You are good at being silly and making us laugh.
3. You are great at listening and following rules.
4. You are a Super Duper Good Brother to Benji, Cali, Rose, Ray and Millie.
5. You always tell the truth.

We love having you in our family. It is so much fun to play with you even when you keep beating us at Skylander Guess Who. Mom loves watching you play soccer. Dad loves wrestling with you when he gets home from work.
Keep Up the Great work.

Love,
Mom and Dad

P.S. he is doing better on his spelling tests! 8/10 this week with a baskward s and p.

Categories: Packer